Ardbeg

Founder: The MacDougall Family
Year Founded: 1815

DISTILLERY LOCATION

Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland

VISITOR CENTERS

Ardbeg Distillery
Port Ellen,
Islay, Scotland
Tel: 011 44 1496 302244

MASTER DISTILLER/BLENDER

Michael Heads, Distillery Manager

TYPES OF ARDBEG AVAILABLE:

Ardbeg  10-Year-Old
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist 1990
Ardbeg Corryvrecken
Ardbeg Supernova
Ardbeg Double Barrel

HOW YOU SHOULD DRINK IT:

• Straight
• On the rocks
• With a bit of water
• With club soda

FAST FACTS:

• The Islay distillery was mothballed in 1981. It reopened for good in 1997 and began producing whisky regularly.
• Ardbeg Supernova was named “Scotch Whisky of the Year” in the 2010 edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.
• The name Ardbeg is Gaelic for ‘small headland.’